MyMichigan Medical Center-Midland
MyMichigan Medical Center-Midland | |
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MyMichigan Health | |
Geography | |
Location | Midland, Michigan, United States |
Organization | |
Care system | Private |
Type | Community |
Affiliated university | Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Central Michigan University College of Medicine |
Services | |
Emergency department | Level II trauma center |
Beds | 324 |
History | |
Opened | 1944 |
Links | |
Website | https://www.mymichigan.org/ |
Lists | Hospitals in Michigan |
MyMichigan Medical Center-Midland is a 324-bed, non-profit hospital in Midland, Michigan. It is a member of MyMichigan Health, an integrated health delivery system affiliated with Michigan Medicine, the health care division of the University of Michigan. The medical center serves as a clinical site for medical students from Michigan State University - College of Human Medicine, Central Michigan University, and MidMichigan Community College nursing students. A family medicine residency program is affiliated with Michigan State University.[1]
History[edit]
MyMichigan Medical Center-Midland was designed by architect Alden B. Dow and constructed amid wartime restrictions in 1943–44. The first fifty years of the hospital's history is chronicled in the book, A Journey of Caring, by Dorthoy Langdon Yates.[2]
Over the years, MyMichigan Medical Center-Midland became co-owned with other regional hospitals; as a result, the Medical Center in Midland became the flagship hospital of MyMichigan Health, which has been headquartered in Midland ever since.
Specialties[edit]
MyMichigan Medical Center-Midland is a secondary-level acute care hospital.
- The medical center was verified as a level II trauma center in 2014 by the American College of Surgeons.[3]
- The medical center is the site of one of the three Gamma Knives in the state of Michigan.
- In August 2007, the medical center began performing open heart surgery.
Leadership[edit]
Ada Mitchell, R.N. served as the initial superintendent when the hospital opened in 1944. Upon her resignation the following year, Bernard Lorimer became superintendent, a title later changed to president.[4] He was succeeded by David A. Reece in 1977.[5] Richard M. Reynolds served in the role beginning in 2004.[6] In May 2008, Gregory H. Rogers was named the hospital's fourth president.[7]
Awards[edit]
- In 2007, the hospital was named a Thomson 100 Top Hospital.
References[edit]
- ^ "MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland". MidMichigan Health. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
- ^ "Our History". MidMichigan Health. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ^ "MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland receives trauma center verification". Retrieved 2014-12-27.
- ^ "Our History". MidMichigan Health. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
- ^ "MidMichigan Announces Retirement of Reece and Administrative Changes". PRNewswire. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
- ^ "Reynolds to retire from MidMichigan Health". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
- ^ "MidMichigan Medical Center, Midland, names Rogers president". Retrieved 2012-11-23.